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jaunder

jaunder verb: to talk idly.

Verb

jaunder (third-person singular simple present jaunders, present participle jaundering, simple past and past participle jaundered)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To talk idly.

Noun

jaunder

  1. (Scotland) Gossip.

Forms of jaunder

third-person singular presentjaunders
present participlejaundering
past participlejaundered
pastjaundered

Origin of jaunder

Probably related to jaunce (“to frolic, prance”) and jaunt (“short journey, ramble”).

Questions about jaunder

What does jaunder mean?
Jaunder means to talk idly.
What part of speech is jaunder?
Jaunder can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of jaunder?
The past tense of jaunder is jaundered.

Words near jaunder in the dictionary

  1. jaunce
  2. jaunced
  3. jaunces
  4. Jauncey
  5. jauncing
  6. jaunder
  7. jaundered
  8. jaundering
  9. jaunders
  10. jaundice
  11. jaundice root

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